one enter into
a strong man's house, and seize upon his goods, except he first bind
the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

(30)He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathers not with
me scatters abroad.

(31)Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven
to men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
(32)And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it will be
forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not
be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.

(33)Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree
corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for from the fruit the tree is known.

(34)Brood of vipers! How can ye, being evil, speak good things? For
out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. (35)The good man
out of the good treasure sends forth good things; and the evil man out
of the evil treasure sends forth evil things. (36)But I say to you,
that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account
thereof in the day of judgment. (37)For from thy words thou shalt be
justified, and from thy words thou shalt be condemned.

(38)Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered him
saying: Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee. (39)But he
answering said to them: An evil and adulterous generation seeks after
a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, but the sign of Jonah the
prophet. (40)For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly
of the fish, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in
the heart of the earth. (41)Men of Nineveh will rise in the judgment
with this generation, and will condemn it; because they repented at
the preaching of Jonah, and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
(42)A queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this
generation, and will condemn it; for she came from the utmost parts of
the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a greater than
Solomon is here.

(43)But when the unclean spirit is gone out from the man, he goes
through dry places seeking rest, and finds it not. (44)Then he says, I
will return into my house from whence I came out and coming he finds
it empty, swept, and set in order. (45)Then he goes, and takes with
him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in
and dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the
first. So shall it be also with t